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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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